Hanger



sept- 1955 R. A. PANNICK 3,207,393

HANGER Filed Nov. 5, 1962' O 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVEN TOR. ROBERT A. PANNICK AT TORNEY Sept. 21, 1965 R. A. PANNICK HANGER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 5, 1962 INVEN TOR. ROBERT A.PANN1 CK ATTORN Er United States Patent Filed Nov. 5, 1962, Ser. No. 235,395 2 Claims. (Cl. 223-96) This invention relates to garment hangers, and more particularly to trousers hangers utilizing a wire hanger.

Coat hangers formed of a stiff wire frame having upper inclined converging portions for supporting the shoulders of a coat, and a horizontal wire over which pants are hung have long been in use, particularly by dry cleaning establishments in delivering cleaned and freshly pressed suits, including trousers. Various means have been proposed to modify the sharp bend imposed upon the trousers fabric, when hung over the horizontal wire of such hangers, such as stiff folds of cardboard and the like disposed lengthwise over the horizontal wire. While modifying the sharp bend tends to prevent the setting of a transverse crease in freshly pressed trousers, it has been recognized that the preferable manner for hanging trousers for preserving a press, and removing wrinkles is by hanging the trousers from the cuffs. For this purpose various gripping devices, with cam clamps and the like have been proposed. Such devices are bulky, heavy and expensive, and the moving'parts thereof are likely to get out of order.

The present invention is directed to a trousers hanger adapted to hang trousers by the cuff, while'utilizing a common wire coat hanger. More particularly the hanger consists of a pair of spaced lightweight inexpensive members, adapted to be hung on the horizontal wire of a wire coat hanger, and having tapering recesses to receive the front and back ends of the cuffs on a pair of trousers. Except for the adjustable spacing of the members upon the horizontal wire of the hanger frame, there are no moving parts. The invention may further be embodied in the hanger, without separate members by suitably forming the wire ends of a hanger to provide a similar tapering recess effect.

The above and other novel features of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is expressly understood that the drawings are employed for purposes of illustration only and are not designed as a definition of the limits of the invention, reference being had for this purpose to the appended claims.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like parts:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevational view of the pants hangers applied to a standard wire garment hanger;

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of one hanger of a air; p FIGURE 3 is a top plan view of one hanger of a pair;

FIGURE 4 is an outside end elevational view of one hanger of a pair;

FIGURE 5 is an inside end elevational view of one hanger of a pair;

FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of one hanger, of a pair, of alternative construction;

FIGURE 7 is an outside end clevafional view of the hanger of FIGURE 6;

' FIGURE 8 is a perspective side view of a modified form of hanger;

FIGURE 9 is a top plan view of the hanger of FIGURE 8, and

FIGURE 10 is an end elevational view of the form shown in FIGURE 8.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown in FIGURE 1 a common wire garment or coat hanger, formed of stiff 'ice wire, the same having a horizontal stiff bar section 20, converging side sections 22 and 24, joined and twisted together as at 26, and provided with a hook 28. Slidebly supported on the bar 20, are a pair of members 16 and 18 each comprising an open bottom V trough 30 formed from flanks or plates 32 and 34, that are inclined with respect to one another, and connected at one end by a loop portion 36. The rearward flank is provided with a flange 38 adapted to hang upon the bar 20, the flange extending over and downwardly behind the bar 20, by an amount adequate to permit ready application of a pair of hangersupon the bar 20, and yet prevent unintentional dislocation from the bar.

It will be seen in FIGURE 1 that two such hangers 16 and 18 may be slid along the bar 20 to provide the proper spacing to receive the cuffs of a pair of trousers. The spacing between the flanks 32 and 34 of member 16, and flanks 40 and 42 of member 18 of the pair, along their lower edges as at 30, is such as to permit free location of the leg portions of the pants consisting of four usual thicknesses of fabric therebetween. Yet, the spacing between the lower edges of the flanks is too narrow to permit eight thicknesses of fabric, as present in a pair of cuffs. Even where cuffs are not present, the trouser ends are usually faced at the ends on the inside, so that the thicknesses of lower ends of such trousers is adequate to be held between the converging flanks of the hanger members.

In FIGURES 6 and 7 there is shown a hanger, used in pairs, to support two pairs of trousers by their cuff ends. Each hanger comprises separate pairs of converging flanks or plates 50, 52, 54 and 56, each pair being joined as by the end loops 58 and 60. The flanks 52 and 54, are joined by a horizontal loop portion 62, so that the hanger may straddle the rod. Two such hangers may be suitably spaced on the bar 20 to support two pairs of trousers. Since the form shown in FIGURES 6 and 7 are symmetrical, the necessity for right and left hand hangers is obviated. Thus the flange 38, of FIGURES 1-5 has been extended, as for example to form the plate 54, which is connected to a second plate 56, to form a second cuff receptacle therebetween.

In FIGURES 8, 9 and 10, an alternative form of hanger operating on a similar principal is shown, made completely of stiff wire. As shown, the hook 70 has two arms 72 and 74 extending laterally therefrom. The ends of such arms are provided with undulatory bends 76 and 78, the outer end of each is bent inwardly as at 80 and 82, to provide undulatory bends 84 and 86, terminating with ends 88 and 90. It will be seen that the undulatory sections 76 and 84 and 78 and 86 lie in converging planes, with the adjacent lower bends thereof such as 92 and 94 being spaced sufliciently to clear four thicknesses of trouser fabric, and thus permit the hanging of a pair of trousers by the cuffs, the greater thickness of which can not slip past the closely spaced lower bends 92 and 94. Such a hanger may support a pair of trousers by their cuffs, and at the same time serve to support a coat from beneath the shoulders thereof.

While the form shown in FIGURES 8-10 will be seen to be economical to manufacture, the form shown in FIGURES l7, requires only the forming of the space members, either of sheet metal, or plastic, or of molded plastic, assuming the wire hanger frame to be in adequate supply, as is generally the case around the household. A degree of resiliency may be desirable in the flanks and the connecting loop portion whereby a slight resilient pinching of the pants leg fabric is effected, and whereby trousers of light weight fabric as well as heavier weight may be accommodated.

In practice the hangers of the types shown in FIGURES 1-7 will be found to be exceptionally useful to travelling people, who are generally confronted with adequate wire hangers in hotels, motels, and the like, which do not permit the hanging of trousers by the cuffs, it being appreciated that by so hanging trousers, wrinkling is best avoided. In any case, the'lightness'and inconsequential space required of the hanger of FIGURES 8-10, and the hangers of FIGURES 1-7, with or without a frame renders the same highly useful for travel purposes. While the former is of such economical construction as to be readily useable by dry cleaning establishments, Where one such frame is delivered with each garment, without expectation of the return thereof.

While several modifications of the invention have been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that the invention is not lmited thereto. As various changes in the construction and arrangement may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art, reference will be had to the appended claims for a definition of the limits of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A trousers hanger adapted for use with a wire coat hanger having a horizontal wire hanger bar, comprising a pair of members adapted to be slidably disposed upon and hung from said hanger bar, each of said members comprising a unitary cufi receptacle formed by two plates, a loop portion connecting said two plates solely at one end thereof said plates converging downwardly toward one another and being freely spaced apart at the other end, and having their lower marginal edges spaced to hold the combined cuff thicknesses of a pair of trousers therebetween, and one of said plates having an integral flange extending from substantially the entire length of the upper edge thereof, said flange being bent over and extending downwardly in spaced relation from said one plate,

and adapted to hang over and support the member from a hanger bar.

2. A trousers hanger in accordance with claim 1, wherein the said flange comprises one plate of a second cuff receptacle including said last named plate and a second plate, a loop portion connecting said last named and second plates solely at one end thereof, said last named and second plates converging downwardly toward one another, With their lower marginal edges closely spaced to hold the combined cufi thicknesses of a pair of trousers therebetween, said' last named and second plates being freely spaced apart at their other end.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 928,086 7/09 Viganego 223-91 1,756,221 4/30 Staley 223-91 2,171,680 9/39 Baugh 223-96 2,210,631 8/40 Pearl 223-96 X 2,382,964 8/45 Anthony 223-96 2,509,346 5/50 Hustede 223-91 2,556,530 6/51 Fichman 223-90 2,621,835 12/52 Stiles 223-96 2,628,006 2/53 Smith 223-91 2,695,120 11/54 Barosso 223-88 2,721,013 10/55 MacCharles 223-91 2,908,429 10/59 Edwards 223-91 3,048,312 8/62 Birnbaum 223-96 FOREIGN PATENTS 203,095 8/ 5 6 Australia.

DAVID J. WILLIAMOWSKY, Examiner. 

1. A TROUSERS HANGER ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A WIRE COAT HANGER HAVING A HORIZONTAL WIRE HANGER BAR, COMPRISING A PAIR OF MEMBERS ADAPTED TO BE SLIDABLY DISPOSED UPON AND HUNG FROM SAID HANGER BAR, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS COMPRISING A UNITARY CUFF RECEPTACLE FORMED BY TWO PLATES, A LOOP PORTION CONNECTING SAID TWO PLATES SOLELY AT ONE END THEREOF SAID PLATES CONVERGING DOWNWARDLY TOWARD ONE ANOTHER AND BEING FREELY SPACED APART AT THE OTHER END, AND HAVING THEIR LOWER MARGINAL EDGES SPACED TO HOLD THE COMBINED CUFF THICKNESSES OF A PAIR OF TROUSERS THEREBETWEEN, AND ONE OF SAID PLATES HAVING AN INTEGRAL FLANGE 